A second abandoned baby has been rescued from the trash after being found alive near a dumpster in Dallas – just 10 days after a newborn was found in a large trash bin behind a restaurant.

Dallas Police said that someone taking out the rubbish saw the newborn lying in grass near a dumpster in the 5900 block of Watership Lane on Saturday, at about 9.30pm, reports CBS.

The woman who found the newborn girl had only recently moved to the area, and had waited for her husband to arrive home from work before they took the infant to the Texas Health emergency room in Grand Prairie, the police explained.

Dallas Police said that someone taking out the rubbish saw the newborn lying in grass near a dumpster

Despite being abandoned, the baby was reported to be good health, and was taken for further care at Children’s Medical Center Dallas

Although officers have since returned to the apartment complex as part of the police investigation, they have so far been unable to find more witnesses, or the mother herself

The baby was reported to be good health, and was taken for further care at Children’s Medical Center Dallas.

Although officers have since returned to the apartment complex as part of the police investigation, they have so far been unable to track down more witnesses, or the mother herself.

A spokeswoman for the Baby Moses Project, established to prevent newborns from being abandoned in perilous places, is keen to spread the word that struggling mothers have better options available to them.

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Texas’ Safe Haven Law – passed two decades ago – allows unharmed infants less than 60 days old to be voluntarily surrendered at a fire station or hospital, without facing charges, and with no questions asked.

Patsy Summey, of Baby Moses Dallas, said: 'If this baby still had the umbilical cord attached, that means most likely the baby was delivered without assistance and the amount of pain and terror [the mother] has gone through is just unbelievable.'

The infant's discovery comes less than a fortnight after police and members of the Hurst Fire Department responded to a medical call on June 15 and found a baby, who had just been born, stashed inside a large, outdoor trash bin.

Police are investigating the circumstances that led to their finding of a newborn baby alive in a dumpster behind the Souper Salad where the baby's mother works in Hurst, Texas on June 15

The Souper Salad and the dumpster where the newborn was found are located on Melbourne Road, between Walker Branch and West Cheryl Avenue, near the Northeast Mall

That newborn was found in the dumpster behind the restaurant, also in good health.

Both the mother and child were taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation, and police were investigating how the child ended up in the trash bin, and specifically whether the baby was intentionally placed inside or if it was somehow an accident.